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Elway puts it on the line again in latest comeback
He could have stayed on the sideline. Instead, John Elway wanted back in the game. The king of the comeback is directing his latest rally from the ...
College football playoff to have 6 games, not 7
The Big East will compete with four conferences that have not had BCS automatic-qualifying status for a guaranteed spot in the lucrative marquee bowl ...
NHLPA leader: Deal can be quick after breakthrough
A new NHL labor deal might not be as far off as it seems. Steve Fehr, special counsel to the NHL Players' Association, believes the collective ...
A year in, YouTube's channels not must-see TV, yet
When Google announced its plans to fund some 100 new channels of original programming on YouTube, many expected a transformation in television.
Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle
Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers ...
Recovered Titanic jewels to go on display
Most of the jewelry recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic will go on public display for the first time with a three-city tour. The jewelry is ...
BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal
The bungling of reports that powerful Britons sexually abused children has thrown one of the largest and most respected broadcasters in the world into ...
No progress made in new round of NHL labor talks
As quickly as NHL labor negotiations got going again, they came to a screeching halt. Now there is no telling when the league and the players will ...
Bond soars with record $87.8M 'Skyfall' debut
James Bond's "Skyfall" has extended its worldwide box-office rule to North America, hauling in a franchise-record $87.8 million in its first weekend ...
BBC trust head calls for radical overhaul
The head of the BBC's governing body said Sunday the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in the wake ...
Developments in Britain's child sex-abuse scandal
The BBC's top executive, George Entwistle, resigned Saturday night amid a flood of controversy over the broadcaster's handling of child sex-abuse ...
NHL, union meet for small, informal lunch
NHL labor talks took a break Saturday — an old-fashioned lunch break. Instead of returning to the negotiating table for a fifth straight day, ...
BBC apologizes for broadcasting abuse allegations
For the last month, the BBC has been heavily criticized for not airing allegations of child sex abuse committed by one of its star hosts, the late ...
Lee MacPhail, oldest Hall of Famer, dies at 95
Lee MacPhail, the longtime baseball executive who ruled in the celebrated Pine Tar case and later became part of the only father-son Hall of Fame ...
'Firefly' marks milestone in Science TV special
The "Firefly" saga consists of 14 TV episodes, one big-screen movie and the undiminished passion of the space Western's fans, stars and producers.
Boras: Dodgers 'bought store,' Mets 'in freezer'
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket ...
Hamilton, Greinke lead weak free-agent class
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket ...
NHL, union to meet Friday for 4th straight day
The best that can be said about the ongoing NHL labor negotiations is that they are still going, and will continue for at least a fourth straight day.
Disney 4Q profit in line, revenue misses forecast
The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday that its net income in the latest quarter rose 14 percent thanks to an uptick in revenue driven by higher consumer ...
Time Warner Cable to auto-credit for Sandy outages
Time Warner Cable, one of the two big cable companies in the New York area, says it will automatically credit customers for outages caused by ...
GMs discuss more replay, September roster changes
In between trade talks and early negotiations with free agents, baseball general managers considered some wide-ranging changes that include broader ...
Seemingly endless Wis. election cycle eases to end
Candidates approving this message have been at it for two years in Wisconsin, along with the robocalls, angry commercials, emails begging for campaign ...
NHL labor talks to resume Thursday
Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association ended after nearly six hours Wednesday. Just as they did a night earlier, the ...
Judge rejects injunction against Dish DVR
A California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network's ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has ...